Geneva Agreement

India and the UK on Friday launched the fourth round of talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the sidelines of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Switzerland on a day-long visit, where he is likely to seek support for India's membership to the elite 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG. He is also likely to raise the issue of black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks.

Despite nearly a year of negotiations, Iran and six major powers are unlikely to meet a November 24 deadline to reach a final deal to lift international sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, officials say.

India is all set to tell developed nations at a meeting in Geneva on Thursday that it will not yield to pressure and sign the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security subsidies is not addressed. New Delhi says its $12 billion (Rs 72,140 crore) anti-poverty food programme must be safeguarded.

India is all set to reject the pressure of developed nations on pushing the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security issues are not addressed at a General Council meeting in Geneva on Thursday, setting up a nail-biting showdown over a deal New Delhi says should safeguard its $12 billion anti-poverty food programme.

World powers and Iran have agreed to start implementing in late January an agreement obliging Tehran to suspend its most sensitive nuclear work, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Hard-line Iranian politicians publicly criticized the deal reached in Geneva last week over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, an agreement that has largely been welcomed by Iranians.

Having lost its battle to stop the international deal reached this week on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli officials are already picking up the pieces and planning a fight to shape a final agreement that negotiators hope to reach in six months.

Western leaders hailed their hard-won nuclear agreement with Iran on Sunday but were quickly confronted by the scale of the six-month struggle ahead to reach a final settlement.

World powers on Sunday reached an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme, the powers' chief negotiator and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said.

Major powers and Iran are getting closer to a first-stage agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said on Friday, adding it is "quite possible" a deal could be reached when negotiators meet November 21-22 in Geneva.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hoped an agreement to end a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme would be completed within months, although Washington was not engaged in a race to seal a deal.

Moscow will send the United Nations information it received from Syria implicating rebels in last month's chemical attack, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday announced an agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, after three days of talks in Geneva.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday they have reached an agreement on a framework for Syria to destroy all of its chemical weapons, and raised the specter of a potential U.N. Security Council resolution that could authorize sanctions - even military action - if President Bashar Assad's govern...

India and the UK on Friday launched the fourth round of talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the sidelines of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Switzerland on a day-long visit, where he is likely to seek support for India's membership to the elite 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG. He is also likely to raise the issue of black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks.

Despite nearly a year of negotiations, Iran and six major powers are unlikely to meet a November 24 deadline to reach a final deal to lift international sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, officials say.

India is all set to tell developed nations at a meeting in Geneva on Thursday that it will not yield to pressure and sign the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security subsidies is not addressed. New Delhi says its $12 billion (Rs 72,140 crore) anti-poverty food programme must be safeguarded.

India is all set to reject the pressure of developed nations on pushing the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security issues are not addressed at a General Council meeting in Geneva on Thursday, setting up a nail-biting showdown over a deal New Delhi says should safeguard its $12 billion anti-poverty food programme.

World powers and Iran have agreed to start implementing in late January an agreement obliging Tehran to suspend its most sensitive nuclear work, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Hard-line Iranian politicians publicly criticized the deal reached in Geneva last week over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, an agreement that has largely been welcomed by Iranians.

Having lost its battle to stop the international deal reached this week on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli officials are already picking up the pieces and planning a fight to shape a final agreement that negotiators hope to reach in six months.

Western leaders hailed their hard-won nuclear agreement with Iran on Sunday but were quickly confronted by the scale of the six-month struggle ahead to reach a final settlement.

World powers on Sunday reached an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme, the powers' chief negotiator and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said.

Major powers and Iran are getting closer to a first-stage agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said on Friday, adding it is "quite possible" a deal could be reached when negotiators meet November 21-22 in Geneva.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he hoped an agreement to end a dispute over Iran's nuclear programme would be completed within months, although Washington was not engaged in a race to seal a deal.

Moscow will send the United Nations information it received from Syria implicating rebels in last month's chemical attack, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday announced an agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, after three days of talks in Geneva.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday they have reached an agreement on a framework for Syria to destroy all of its chemical weapons, and raised the specter of a potential U.N. Security Council resolution that could authorize sanctions - even military action - if President Bashar Assad's govern...